Annotation:Laird o' Thrums (The)

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LAIRD OF THRUMS. AKA and see "Frank Cassidy's Barn Dance," "Frank Cassidy's Highland Fling." Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) and dedicated to Alex MacPherson of Kirriemuir; the title was Skinner's nickname for his friend, and Thrums was the old name for Kirriemuir. It was first published in his folio Monekie Series No.3, with "Gay Gordons Pipe March" and "Zeppelin Humourous Hornpipe" (Zeppelin (The)).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 131. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; p. 18.

Recorded sources: Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan." Topic 12T280, J. Scott Skinner "The Starthspey King." Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou - "Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music" (2004).



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